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Greece: public and private sector unions’ call for a 24-hour general strike for Thursday 12 November
On 12 November, Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras will have to contend with his first general strike since he came to power. Public and private sector unions are complaining about new...
11 November 2015
EU: the CJEU restricts governments’ capacity to exclude certain employment contract terminations from collective redundancy procedures
In a preliminary ruling handed down on 11 November relating to Spanish law, the CJEU decided that employment contract terminations taking the form of contractual terminations stemming from a...
11 November 2015
Germany: Federal Labor Court rules that temporary workers also count in the vote for the Supervisory Board employee representatives
On 04 November the Federal Labor Court ruled that temporary staff would have more influence in Germany’s co-management business model. The judges had to rule on arrangements for electing employee...
11 November 2015
EU: David Cameron sets out his demands for keeping the UK in the EU
On Tuesday 10 November 2015, UK Prime Minister David Cameron officially laid out his demands for maintaining the UK’s presence in the EU. The Prime Minister said he was looking for the EU to hold...
10 November 2015
Denmark: During its congress, HK/Privat launches a new strategy to strengthen members’ professional competencies
The HK/Privat congress was held between 01 – 03 November and focused on boosting development of its members professional competencies to make then better able to face the challenges of the...
10 November 2015
United States: Ford comes to agreement with the UAW union
Negotiators for the United Auto Workers (UAW) union have signed a four-year wage agreement with the final of the big 3 remaining US automakers: Ford. Workers are set to receive a signing bonus of...
10 November 2015
EU: EU Commission’s intentions for a social rights platform
On 27 October the EU Commission adopted its 2016 work program that aims to ‘modernize current legislation’ in the context of both a ‘platform of minimum social rights’ as well as the introduction...
9 November 2015
Belgium: Bpost comes to an agreement over an ‘agile’ working organization
On 29 October, following a week of industrial action, the social partners including management and the unions: 4 FGTB, 3 CSC, and 2 CGSLB came to a Joint Committee agreement with 15 votes ‘for’...
9 November 2015
Italy: widespread support expected for Saturday’s general strike in the retail sector
Under the banner ‘All out’, the Filcams-CGIL, Fisascat-Cisl, and Uiltucs-Uil unions have called on workers in those companies belonging to the employers’ associations; Federdistribuzione...
6 November 2015
Switzerland: the Federal Council relaxes obligations over recording working time
On 04 November the Swiss government (Federal Council) announced it was introducing new rules for recording working time by way of two additional articles; 73a and 73b to Ordinance 1 of the Labor...
5 November 2015
France: the government wants to reform the working time framework in 2016
Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, announced on Wednesday 04 November a complete rewrite of the labor code over the next two years. The overhaul will comprise three levels: fundamental principles to be...
5 November 2015
Austria: two draft laws adopted to inject more flexibility into work and achieve a better work life balance
In the fight against rising unemployment and in an attempt to boost a flagging economy, ministers and experts from both parties in Austria’s coalition government at the close of the ‘Summit...
5 November 2015
Italy: following the closure of the 6 month Universal Exhibition, Italy’s workers are in the process of being redeployed, whilst the ‘Expo model’ concept continues to makes waves
The 2015 Universal Exhibition held in Milan from 01 May 2015 until 31 October 2015 was a great success attracting over 21 million visitors. It was also a platform for experimenting with an...
4 November 2015
Great Britain: Government climbs down on parts of its controversial Trade Union Bill
The government has made what is being described by media commentators and unions as a significant ‘climb down’ and ‘U-turn’ over its controversial Trade Union Bill which is currently progressing...
4 November 2015
H&M: signs a global framework agreement on fundamental rights along its supply chain
On 03 November the Swedish clothing company together with the international union federation IndustriAll as well as the Swedish industry union IF Metall signed a global framework agreement (GFA)...
4 November 2015
Austria: 1.5% wage rise and a two-part three-tier working time model for the metals industry
The Austrian Machine Tool Industry Federation (FMMI) together with the Austrian metals employers organization and the PRO-GE (industry) and GPA-dip (private employers) unions came to agreement on...
3 November 2015
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Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 2025
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
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Oliver Dietrich (IG Metall): “The advent of AI can be a means of deepening social partnership within companies”
In Germany, trade unions want to influence how AI is deployed in companies. Oliver Dietrich is an AI project manager at the regional office of the IG Metall trade union in North Rhine-Westphalia...
21 January 2026
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EU: social partners split over competitiveness and action on job quality
The European Trade Union Confederation and BusinessEurope have published their response to the consultation document on the European Commission's upcoming EU quality jobs initiative. The two...
4 February 2026
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Germany: standoff over national plan to boost collective bargaining
Under the EU Adequate Minimum Wages Directive, Germany is required to produce an action plan to boost collective bargaining coverage. That plan has stalled, however, after being blocked by the...
9 February 2026
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Germany: collective bargaining negotiations begin in chemical industry
Collective bargaining talks in Germany’s chemical and pharmaceutical industries are due to open this week, covering nearly 580,000 employees across around 1,700 companies. With the sector facing...
3 February 2026
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ENI incorporates just transition and AI into global agreement
On 13 January, Italian energy group ENI renewed its global agreement on international industrial relations, corporate social responsibility and the just transition with Italian unions CGIL, CISL...
5 February 2026
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Italy: new generational renewal agreement penned at UniCredit
The agreement signed on 30 December by UniCredit, Italy’s second-largest banking group, with the Fabi, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca and Unisin trade unions aims to continue generational...
15 January 2026